The book begins with a lucid and engaging introduction on the concept of spatiality and its emerging centrality in the formulation of social theory. The rest of the book is organized into four parts. The papers in the first section titled "the changing morphology of urban spaces" reconceptualize African cities, their sustainability and development, and interrogate the impact of economic crisis and structural adjustment programs on the organization and reproduction of urban life, including the social dynamics of gender roles and economic change in urban Africa.
Papers in the second section titled, "the construction of landscapes as ritual, therapeutic, symbolic and aesthetic spaces" examine in various ways the constructions of therapeutic and ritual spaces, cultural and medical geographies, ecological knowledge, and the spatial dynamics of the social ecologies of gender and disease.
The third section is on "narrating and imagining spaces" and contains papers which explore the question of spatiality and artistic production, specifically relations between art and space, texts and contexts, autobiography and space. The chapters in the last section on "spatiality of nations, communities, and identifies" focus on the political economy of territoriality and identify formation, especially hownationalistic, ethnic and gender identities are constructed and transformed in the context of struggles over structures of power and access to political, economic and symbolic resources, including land.
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The book begins with a lucid and engaging introduction on the concept of spatiality and its emerging centrality in the formulation of social theory. The rest of the book is organized into four parts. The papers in the first section titled "the changing morphology of urban spaces" reconceptualize African cities, their sustainability and development, and interrogate the impact of economic crisis and structural adjustment programs on the organization and reproduction of urban life, including the social dynamics of gender roles and economic change in urban Africa.
Papers in the second section titled, "the construction of landscapes as ritual, therapeutic, symbolic and aesthetic spaces" examine in various ways the constructions of therapeutic and ritual spaces, cultural and medical geographies, ecological knowledge, and the spatial dynamics of the social ecologies of gender and disease.
The third section is on "narrating and imagining spaces" and contains papers which explore the question of spatiality and artistic production, specifically relations between art and space, texts and contexts, autobiography and space. The chapters in the last section on "spatiality of nations, communities, and identifies" focus on the political economy of territoriality and identify formation, especially hownationalistic, ethnic and gender identities are constructed and transformed in the context of struggles over structures of power and access to political, economic and symbolic resources, including land.
Imprint | Africa Research & Publications |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 1999 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
Editors | Ezekiel Kalipeni, Paul T Zelea, Paul T. Zeleza |
Dimensions | 236 x 160 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards |
Pages | 510 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-86543-706-7 |
Barcode | 9780865437067 |
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LSN | 0-86543-706-8 |